Glider Coup Builds Base Behind Japs
American engineers and British infantrymen were air landed behind Japanese lines in north central Burma to build an airstrip and base. Col. Philip G. Cochran led the special air commando unit that supported Lt. Gen Stilwell’s drive toward a new supply line to China.
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Burma
Joseph W. Stilwell
China
India
Quebec
Roosevelt
Churchill
Philip G. Cochran
Erie
United States Army Air Force
Jackie Coogan Leads Glider Landing Behind Burma Lines
The former child star Jackie Coogan piloted a transport glider and was the first to land with Allied forces behind Japanese lines in Burma. He directed landing operations until a higher officer arrived. Coogan was listed as a flight officer at Knob Noster Missouri in March 1943. current rank not given.
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Associated Press
Jackie Coogan
Burma
Coogan
Knob Noster
Irish Premier Urges Unity in St Patrick's Day Broadcast
Dublin, UP reports Prime Minister Eamon de Valera urged the nation to preserve the liberty they have inherited in a St Patrick's Day broadcast. He called for strengthened national unity amid ongoing challenges and emphasized loyalty to Ireland's freedom and constitutional framework.
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Dublin
Eamon de, Valera
Heavy U S Air Raid on South Reich
American heavy bombers attacked southern Germany with 750 to 1,000 aircraft, targeting air plants and fields. Escorting fighters included P 47s and P 51s, while Vienna and Marseilles actions were part of broader Allied air offensives across central Europe.
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London
Germany
United States Strategic Air Force Headquarters
Fifteenth Air Force
Italy
Vienna
Europe
United States
Allan Randal
Port Dé Bouc
Marseilles
Big Three Talks Hinted As Stettinius Visits Loom
London reports say President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill may meet after Edward R. Stettinius Jr. visits to discuss political questions and a possible three power conference with Stalin. Churchill hinted at future talks and stressed frequent discussions to avoid differences among the big three.
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London
Roosevelt
Churchill
Edward R. Stetlinius, Jr
Joseph Stalin
Finland
Germany
Stettinius
Stalin
Rubber Draft Hits Output Of Synthetic Rubber
Washington reports that synthetic rubber production slows due to worker shortages. Rubber Director Bradley Dewey warns drafted technicians could halt key plants and research, urging recognition of their value. He notes 22 to 26 year olds are most at risk and that tire output for civilians will remain limited this year.
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Washington
Bradley Dewey
Dewey
War Production Board
Russians Surge Ahead In New Polish Offensive
Soviet forces push toward Lwow in a new westward drive from the Ukraine bulge. Novouk rainka and Pomoshnaya captured as Russian units advance 70 miles from Lwow with pockets toward Dniester river and the Black Sea port of Nikolaev.
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London
Dniester River
Old Rumania
Josef Stalin
Red
Novoukrainka
Pomoshnaya
Odessa-Kirovograd
Lower Ukraine
Lwow
Vinnitsa
Klembovka
Ory K. Zhukov
Ukraine
Fritz von Mannstein
Russia
Zhukov
Tarnopol
Proskurov
Dniester
Bessarabia
Bug
Tass
Stockholm
Lnow
Cracow
Black Sea
Nikolaev
Ingulka
Novo-Petrovskoye
Brunswick Arsonist Surrenders After 27-Hour Hunt
In Brunswick Maine 18 year old war worker Jean Gamache surrendered to police after a 27 hour manhunt led by vigilantes and aided by a 100 man posse from Portland He had admitted setting seven fires Thursday night and fired at pursuing residents He was unarmed and sick with a severe cold at arrest and was jailed for arson charges.
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Brunswick
Maine
Jean L. Gamache
Gamache
Portland
Mild Saturday precedes coming cold snap in Cedar Rapids
Weather summary for Cedar Rapids area reports light snow totals overnight with fresh fall across several cities. Forecast calls for colder conditions tonight and Sunday with minimums near 5 to 10 above in spots. Local readings include 25 this morning and a high of 36 yesterday afternoon.
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Cedar Rapids
Weather Bureau
Sioux City
Burlington
Iowa City
Chambers
Spencer
Council Bluffs
Fractured Knee Cap Delays Lehman Trip to Cairo
Herbert H Lehman former New York governor and UN relief chief fractured his knee cap when entering a car in Algiers. Doctors expect a short rest then he will continue to Cairo to discuss postwar relief with French authorities and Balkan representatives.
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Algiers
Herbert H Lehman
New York
Cairo
Lehman
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Eleven Gas Dealers Face OPA Charges in Des Moines District
Des Moines OPA filed a 48 count suspension application against an intermediate distributor and ten station operators and lessees for black market gas dealings. Charges include improper storage declarations, unregistered stations, fuel shortages relative to coupons, and illegal sale of white gas. Joint hearing set for March 25 at 9:30 a.m. before District Judge Loyd Ladd with Donald Holdoog as enforcement attorney.
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Des Moines
OPA
J. E. Lineberger
Service Oil Company
Lineberter
Lawrence
Larry) Matske
Jesse Grandstaff
J. J. French
Cecil Gourley
George Freeborn
A. H Kuhlman
Ray Mack, Jr
Howard Duncan
William Raus
Big Announcement From DNB Broadcast In London
The German news agency DNB said it would carry an extraordinary news transmission at 1 am CWT Sunday, a unusual deviation from its normal 3 am CWT start. The announcement was broadcast Saturday night in London.
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London
DNB
Scrap Tax Returns Up to 5000 Revised By House Panel
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a broad tax simplification plan expected to reduce the need for annual tax returns for about 30 million of the nation's 50 million taxpayers. Beginning next January 1 the withholding system will be adjusted for those earning up to 5000, and the government will compute 1944 taxes for wage earners under 5000. The plan eliminates the victory tax, changes normal and surtax exemptions, and introduces a 3 percent normal rate for those over 555, adding about 150,000 new taxpayers.
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Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
Coughton
Two Convicts Who Escaped Get 5 Years
Albert Beckner aged 27 and Lloyd Selby aged 20 received five year sentences to be served after their current terms for escaping from the Anamosa Reformatory. They pled guilty before Judge Heiserman and were captured after fleeing in a car stolen from Prison Farm No 1 manager E V Purcell. The pursuit ended when they crashed the car and hid under cars in Marion.
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Anamosa
Albert Beckner
Lloyd Selby
mens _ reformatory
J . Heiserman
Beckner
Selby
H Shimanek
E V Purcell
Yanks Raid Kuriles in Six Attacks Over Two Days
United States bombers struck Japanese Kurile bases six times on Thursday and Friday, the navy announced. One strike hit Matsuwa Island near Paramushiro, described as the heaviest assault in a brief period against the northeastern approaches to Tokyo. No American planes were lost.
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Washington
INS
United States
Kuriles
Navy
Matsuwa
Paramushuro
Tokyo
Troop Movements Reported Near Finland Front
A Berlin dispatch to Svenska Dagbladet says heavy Russian troop movements were spotted near Kandalaksha behind the northern Finland front on Saturday. The report describes renewed Russian buildup in the area affecting the Finn front security.
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Stockholm
Kandalaksha
Finland
Berlin
Svenska, Dagbladet
Finland Hints Peace Talks with Russia May Continue
Stockholm reports on Saturday that Finland retains slight hope negotiations with Russia can resume despite Finland rejecting Russia’s original armistice terms.
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Stockholm
Helsinki
Finland
Russia
Loss of Two American Submarines Revealed
Washington reports the navy announced the loss of two American submarines, the Capelin and Sculpin, presumably while on war missions against Japanese shipping.
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Washington
Navy
Yanks Take Airdrome on Admiralties Manus Isle
Allied forces on Manus island have captured Lorengau airdrome and pushed within 600 yards of Lorengau town. First cavalry division troops landed a day earlier after displacing Japanese defenses, as MacArthur said the objective is complete occupation to cut off enemy outposts in the area. Allied bombers also extended operations to Soerbaja in Java with a night strike from Australia.
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Southwest Pacific
Manus Island
Lorengau
Douglas MacArthur
First Cavalry Division
Manus
Admiralty Islands
MacArthur
Lagos Mission
U. S
Bismarck Archipelago
Admiralty
Bougainville Island
Solomons
Dutch East Indies
Australia
Java
Soerbaja
Battle for Cassino Rages as Allied Push Continues
Waves of Allied bombers hit German lines around Cassino as New Zealand troops drive along the Via Casilina and toward the monastery hill. Allied infantry and armor press the attack through rubble filled hills while German air activity and counterattacks test the beachhead’s resolve.
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Naples
Anzio
Rome
New Zealand
Cassino
United Press
Robert Vermillion
Monastery
Troops Offered Drinks for Prisoner Capture in Pacific
Maj. Gen. John R. Hodge of Carbondale Illinois ordered a morale boost for his soldiers in Bougainville Solomon Islands offering a bottle of Scotch and a case of beer to every man who brings in a Japanese prisoner.
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Bougainville
Solomon Islands
John R. Hodge
Carbondale
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